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About RISE | Respect Inspire Support Empower

RISE is a specialist family violence organisation. We help people understand that respectful relationships are safe relationships. For more than 35 years, we have helped individuals and families seek and achieve real change to live healthier and safer lives. We are an accredited organisation, approved by the Ministry of Social Development, Oranga Tamariki, the Ministry of Justice, and the Department of Corrections. The experienced staff at RISE have deep expert knowledge of the family violence field that is embedded at all levels of our work. Our clinicians and social workers have significant education in their specialised fields. They undergo further on-the-job training with RISE to enrich their formal qualifications to specialise in this work. We work with people who use violence as well as people who experience it. It is only when we work with the entire whānau – including the perpetrator of the harm who also needs help – that everyone can develop sustainable ways of preventing future violence. A family-centred approach gives everyone a better chance of creating lasting change. We are a charitable NGO serving communities in Nelson, Tasman, the West Coast, Marlborough and Kaikoura. Our primary office is in Nelson and we have an office in Motueka, both in the top of the South Island of New Zealand. We are a member of the National Network of Family Violence Services and participate in daily meetings with Police and various agencies working together to prevent family harm in our community.